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Book Review: The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field by Jacques Hadamard

May 16th, 2010 No Comments

My Goodreads Rating: 3 of 5 stars I dove into this book excited to learn how the minds of great scientists churn but instead was reminded of the great danger that accompanies reading old science texts – lengthy discussions of crackpot theories (i.e. phrenology) and passionate defenses of well-accepted ideas (i.e. not all mental activity [...]

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